Planning Process (SAP Library - Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA))

Planning Process

Use

Profit center planning is a process that is handled differently in almost every company. The type of industry, particular organizational structures and responsibilities are factors which determine how a company performs its planning.

You can set up the transfer of plan data so that planning in other CO applications is represented on profit centers online. You can, however, also transfer the plan data periodically.

Features

Profit center planning is supported by the following planning tools:

Profit center planning has been so designed to enable you to set up the planning screens yourself using various parameters.

Before you start planning your profit centers, you must check the layouts that were delivered with the system and, if required, create your own planning layouts.

The planning process is not a single process carried out once, but an iterative process that runs in several cycles. This is also reflected in the storage of the planning data in the system. The system allows the parallel storing of alternative plan versions for such purposes.

Activities

You need to carry out a number of steps to configure planning in EC-PCA. See Customizing for Profit Center Accounting for more information on this. There you can also maintain your planning layouts and planner profiles.

You can also carry out the necessary settings from the application menu by choosing Environment ® EC-PCA configuration ® Planning. See also: Plan versions and Distribution Keys.